WHEREAS,†††† the Executive Vice President of Health and
Biomedical Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and the Provost of the
University have approved a change of name for the department of medical
informatics which better reflects both the departmentís work and the disciplineís
broader scope, and

WHEREAS,†††† the Committee on Education has favorably
reviewed the request for a change of name;

THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED,†††††† that the University
Senate approve the change in name of the Department of Medical Informatics to
the Department of Biomedical Informatics, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,†††††††† that the University Senate request the trustees to amend
Section 40 of Chapter IV of the Statutes of the University to reflect this
change.